Number of road deaths

The Ministry is responsible for officially recording information on the number of road deaths. On the road deaths page you will find information on the daily and quarterly , as well as data on the 6-monthly and annual number of road deaths statistics. There is also historical road deaths data dating back to 1921, as well as information on holiday weekends.

Motor Vehicle Register

The Motor Vehicle Register holds details about New Zealand's vehicles and the people who are the registered owners of them.

Key government land transport organisations

Ministry of Transport The Ministry is the government's principal transport adviser. We provide policy advice and support to Ministers. See About the Ministry of Transport for more information.

NZ Transport Agency The NZ Transport Agency is the Crown entity responsible for planning land transport networks, investing in land transport, and managing the State highway network. Read more on the NZ Transport Agency(external link) website.

About land transport in New Zealand

Land transport in New Zealand is crucial to the performance of our economy, communities and our way of life. The road network on average carries 70 percent of New Zealand's freight movements and 84 percent of personal daily journeys.

Increasing road transport's contribution to economic activity through investment, particularly in the Roads of National Significance, remains vital for the government to achieve its goals of growing the economy and increasing the safety of the road system.